Sale reports / Missouri / Eastern Missouri Commission Company / 2024-07-26

Eastern Missouri Commission Company

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Bowling Green, Missouri · Fri, Jul 26
● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1810
Feeder Cattle receipts
855 head
▲ 615 vs last sale 240▲ 136 vs year ago 719 · +18.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
162 head
▼ 123 vs last sale 285▲ 2 vs year ago 160 · +1.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last special two weeks ago, steer and heifers weighing under 700 lbs sold steady to firm, with 500-550 lb heifers trading 5.00-10.00 higher, over 700 lbs were lightly tested. Demand was good on a moderate supply. Slaughter steers and heifers sold steady with last week with slaughter cows on a light test trading 2.00-5.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $289.61/cwt on 85 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −109.54 against this barn's trailing median of $399.14.
Average price
$289.61
85 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,592
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$76
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$28.68/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.47
vs MO average
+24.98 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1540298.721,61458
Medium and Large 1-2569270.041,53827
One grade step is worth $28.68/cwt here — about $76 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale85 hd
289.61
—
MO average15 barns · 2,035 hd
284.14
+5.47
National average157 barns · 8,958 hd
264.63
+24.98
This barn, trailing median30 sales
399.14
−109.54
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

30 sales
454412371329median 399.1403/0604/2406/2609/1110/30
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $439.62, low $343.18, median $399.14 across 30 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—High1,775178.163,1637thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,785143.252,5572thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,486140.772,09217
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,256140.091,76017
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,027125.901,29314
HeifersChoiceAverage1,270193.122,4538thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,362192.792,62641

Every lot

61 lots · USDA AMS · Eastern MO Commission Company - Bowling Green, MO
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2347324.00/cwt324.00–324.001,1243
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1429373.24/cwt369.00–377.001,60111
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1493347.47/cwt345.00–350.001,7136
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2493329.95/cwt325.00–335.001,6276
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1506353.00/cwt353.00–353.001,7864
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2520316.15/cwt308.00–321.001,64411
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1577337.53/cwt325.00–340.501,94834
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2586311.00/cwt311.00–311.001,82210
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1617309.00/cwt309.00–309.001,9079
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2618300.06/cwt298.00–304.001,85416
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1684297.82/cwt296.50–299.502,03768
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2688271.05/cwt262.00–276.001,86524
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1717276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,9799
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2722269.36/cwt263.50–276.001,94522
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2725248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,7983
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1789255.92/cwt254.50–258.002,01948
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2382330.61/cwt326.00–337.501,26310
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2427314.80/cwt309.00–323.001,34412
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2430295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,2696
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1480313.18/cwt312.00–315.001,50322
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2486300.49/cwt297.00–307.001,46012
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1522306.46/cwt295.00–314.001,60038
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2548284.00/cwt284.00–284.001,5563
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned570266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,51611
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2574270.23/cwt269.00–272.001,55113
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1575284.00/cwt284.00–284.001,63320
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1628273.56/cwt270.00–279.001,71839
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2634258.77/cwt255.50–262.501,64119
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1659266.75/cwt266.75–266.751,75819
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2672252.64/cwt242.75–259.001,69836
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2682239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,6303
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2725244.32/cwt244.00–244.501,7718
Heifers700–750Medium 2730208.50/cwt208.50–208.501,5224
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2776225.63/cwt223.00–230.001,75118
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2832220.50/cwt220.50–220.501,8354
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1Fleshy914225.00/cwt225.00–225.002,0578
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2918224.00/cwt224.00–224.002,0565
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2310369.00/cwt369.00–369.001,1443
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2421358.00/cwt358.00–358.001,5077
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2425291.00/cwt291.00–291.001,2373
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2466319.00/cwt319.00–319.001,4877
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2527301.12/cwt294.00–306.001,5877
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2550295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,6233
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2580276.60/cwt272.50–279.001,6048
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2729242.86/cwt240.00–245.001,7707
Slaughter Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Choice1,362192.79/cwt190.00–194.502,62641
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Choice1,270193.12/cwt192.50–193.502,4538
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,753173.87/cwt171.00–175.003,0484
Bulls——1,805183.87/cwt178.00–192.003,3193
Slaughter Cattle · Cows12 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%92595.00/cwt95.00–95.008791
Cows—Lean 85-90%992126.69/cwt122.00–135.001,2577
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,080110.11/cwt107.00–114.001,1892
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,088140.12/cwt137.00–143.501,5254
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,185129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,5291
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,252144.48/cwt142.00–148.501,8097
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,267137.91/cwt131.00–141.001,7479
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,483137.75/cwt132.50–142.502,0436
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,484145.46/cwt143.00–148.502,1599
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,503128.69/cwt127.50–130.001,9342
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,780137.00/cwt137.00–137.002,4391
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,790149.50/cwt149.50–149.502,6761

This sale against other markets

Missouri weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Missouri auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.